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From all reports they are trying to make it appeal to a more casual audience, which means "players with less time to invest" to Bungie. Given that I think it's a safe assumption they will be removing a lot of the grind. Frankly I wouldn't be surprised if they built a weapon customization mechanic similar to Iron Forge that would allow players some degree of control over their gear's perk sets as a lot of the grind is fighting RNG for the perfect gear.